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There’s a special provision to the overtime rule outlined in the Employment Standards Code for employees in geophysical exploration.
A geophysical exploration employee is a person who works in the application of a physical science in the determination of geologic or other conditions for the location of oil, natural gas, coal or other minerals.
This doesn’t include a professional member or member-in-training, as defined in the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act.
The standard overtime rule of hours worked in excess of 8 hours a day or 44 hours a week, whichever is greater, doesn’t apply to geophysical exploration employees.
Employees must receive overtime:
Regular rules for overtime pay rates and banked overtime apply.
The requirement to confine an employee’s hours of work within a period of 12 consecutive hours in a work day doesn’t apply to geophysical exploration.
While these employees aren’t restricted by the hours within which they may work, the following should be considered:
Employees are not exempt from rest periods and days of rest and must receive:
In addition to the special provisions outlined above, all other minimum standards for employment apply to employees. Additional information on these rules can be found at:
Part 3, Division 2 of the Employment Standards Regulation outlines the provisions for field catering, geophysical exploration, land surveying, logging and lumbering, and road maintenance employees.
Disclaimer: In the event of any discrepancy between this information and Alberta Employment Standards legislation, the legislation is considered correct.
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